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Botany

(70,489 posts)
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 07:43 AM Apr 2019

Trump, California has poor management.




A Republican Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger and with help from Republican law makers
left the state with >$25 billion deficit but a liberal Democratic Governor, Jerry Brown along
with Democratic law makers now have the state with a $9 billion surplus.

California's new Democratic Governor, Gavin Newsom and current democratic law makers are
continuing along the same path and currently California has the 5th or 6th biggest economy
in the world.
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PatSeg

(47,397 posts)
1. Okay
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 07:49 AM
Apr 2019

That was the funniest thing I've read this morning, but it is still early and Trump is still an idiot.

Botany

(70,489 posts)
3. 3 things
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 07:56 AM
Apr 2019

1) yes he is an idiot
b) I don't know if he knows that "The Apprentice" was a make believe TV show (backed by Russian money)
iii) Really bad shit is about to come out and he wants to change the news cycle

PatSeg

(47,397 posts)
6. Oh crap
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 08:39 AM
Apr 2019

iii) - that's pretty scary, but then again, I don't think I can give him that much credit so early on a Sunday morning. He has to be in combat mode 24/7, as he thrives on conflict and chaos.

Actually I like b) and it is quite possible he doesn't know the show was make believe. And of course, he IS an idiot!

Botany

(70,489 posts)
8. Trump is fighting tooth and nail to keep the Mueller report from coming out because:
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 10:37 AM
Apr 2019

DHS, FBI say election systems in all 50 states were targeted in 2016

A joint intelligence bulletin (JIB) has been issued by the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation to state and local authorities regarding Russian hacking activities during the 2016 presidential election. While the bulletin contains no new technical information, it is the first official report to confirm that the Russian reconnaissance and hacking efforts in advance of the election went well beyond the 21 states confirmed in previous reports.

(does the Mueller Report covers this?)

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/04/dhs-fbi-say-election-systems-in-50-states-were-targeted-in-2016/

add in that the exit polls had Hillary WINNING many of the states that she lost and that put Trump
into the White House.

PatSeg

(47,397 posts)
13. I think you're right
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 11:15 AM
Apr 2019

and of course, there could be other things we haven't even thought of yet, but that Trump knows happened.

Hong Kong Cavalier

(4,572 posts)
15. +1
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 11:22 AM
Apr 2019

Every day I wake up and check the news to see if all of those Quarter Pounders finally caught up with him.

Does that make me a bad person? Maybe.

But I'm still miles above him in the humanity department.

scrutineer

(1,156 posts)
10. Trump is right on this one. California doesn't even rake its forests.
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 10:57 AM
Apr 2019

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GoCubsGo

(32,079 posts)
11. Yep. Beat me to it.
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 10:59 AM
Apr 2019

The only time California is under bad management is when members of his own fucking party run it.

Botany

(70,489 posts)
12. And don't forget that "they" got Enron to screw with CA's electrical power supply grid in ...
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 11:06 AM
Apr 2019

.... order to cause pain and confusion so they could get the legally elected Democratic
Governor, Grey Davis, recalled and replaced with Schwarzenegger. CA has been doing
great now that they replaced the Rs with Ds.

DFW

(54,341 posts)
17. The manufactured CA "energy crisis" was a successful Republican scam
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 11:26 AM
Apr 2019

Unfortunately, that seems to be ALL they are good at.

Botany

(70,489 posts)
20. Might favorite Trump writing technique is his use of the random comma.
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 02:04 PM
Apr 2019

Please don't get sucked down the rabbit hole of trying to correct Trump's
grammar, punctuations, or spelling because it is a bottomless pit.

BTW I buy into the internet memes that Daddy Trump bought Donny's way
into the U. of Penn and that he had flunked out of Fordham University.

DFW

(54,341 posts)
16. In other words, the state of California is not afraid of releasing its "tax returns."
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 11:24 AM
Apr 2019

Your turn, Donny boy.

intelpug

(88 posts)
18. California management
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 12:52 PM
Apr 2019

Schwarzenegger, Ventura, , Trump. ECT. That what people get for voting for people merely on celebrity movie star/ reality show status.

struggle4progress

(118,275 posts)
21. "California actually has some towns. Like Los Angeles and San Diego. Most people don't know this.
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 02:24 PM
Apr 2019

They used to be nice places. There, right across the Hudson from my home. Used to be nice places. Now they're full of Hispanics. Lock her up! America is full! People want to know how we can get them back. We want to take back Los Angeles and San Diego! Build the wall! Lock her up!"

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